Summer Intensive film 3 out of 5 has wrapped and we are very excited to check out the dailies. Shot with a mixture of 35mm film, including the elusive Kodak Double X negative, the film...
Now that our first film is in the can, take a look behind the scenes into the terrifying world of Heads! This is only the first of five films for Cinema Summer Intensives 2018 (CINE 390 & 490).
Special thanks to Travis Fairman, Tyler Scheerschmidt, Yashia...
Cinema Summer Intensives (CINE 390 & 490) are off and running this year, with the students completing their first film Heads. Make sure to keep up with our facebook and
What is the Summer Intensive? CINE 390 & 490 are required 15-credit production intensives taken after the second and third year. This is where the bulk of the on-set production instruction takes place, our bread and butter! Students work together on crews of about 50...
Cinema alumna Autumn Dea (BA ’12) is one of 30 new Project Involve fellows at Film Independent. Project Involve is a Los Angeles-based non-profit that supports independent filmmakers.
"Project Involve is an intensive, nine-month annual program that...
Right Now a Moment, a feature film written and directed by Cinema Alum Maurice Vellas ('15), was admitted as an Official Selection to the 2018 Richmond International Film Festival.
"A taxi driver and young stranger. A film about clinging to what's lost and living...
What Do Cinema Students Do When They Graduate?
From a post house in Alexandria to the Liffey River! Maria Kellam ('16) has done it all. As an undergraduate, Maria's work ranged from Hair and Make-up to Post Production and she turned her skills and adaptability into...
"Land of Hidden Fires" Professor Kjeldsen's second novel, was named one of the Best of 2017 by Fran Wood of NJ.com.
Set in Nazi-occupied Norway in 1943, the story follows the thrilling journey of 15-year-old Kari as she attempts to lead a downed American pilot to safety...
"Are You Ready, Boots?"
Distinguished Visiting Professor J.M. Tyree was featured on Things That Go Boom, a podcast hosted by Laicie Heeley, a U.S. foreign policy writer whose work explores topics in current and historical politics.
Their...
Spanish film blog "Cinelation" heralds VCUarts Cinema Program Director Rob Tregenza's body of film work as essential in American independent cinema. Of his first feature, writer Julio Pollino Tamayo says "the first flat sequence of 'Talking to Strangers', is [sic]...
We are pleased to bring you the 2018 Spring Cinematheque Schedule.
Films are on Tuesdays at 7PM, free, and open to the public.
We will be hosting a special Sunday screening of Soy Cuba in partnership with the Bijou Film Center on 4/15 at the Byrd Theatre.
All of the...
Dr. Rob Tregenza and Prof. Kirk Kjeldsen are to premiere their film Gavagai at Unknown Pleasures, Berlin's American Independent Film Festival this January.
Said Hannes Brühwiler, founder and co-programmer of Unknown Pleasures, "Our events are driven by careful...
